Natural Scientific Investigation
Natural Scientific Investigation (FC-NATSCI) is a required Focus Capacity course in the IDEAs in Action curriculum.
A single course may be used to fulfill only one Focus Capacity requirement (not including lab).
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Approved Courses | ||
| ANTH 148 | 
Human Origins | 3 |
| ANTH 217 |
Human Biology in Comparative Perspective | 3 |
| ANTH 298 |
Biological Anthropology Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ANTH 315 |
Human Genetics and Evolution | 3 |
| ANTH 318 |
Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| ANTH 413 |
Laboratory Methods: Archaeobotany | 3 |
| ANTH 414 |
Laboratory Methods: Human Osteology | 3 |
| ANTH 415 |
Laboratory Methods: Zooarchaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 520 |
Linguistic Phonetics | 3 |
| APPL 101 |
Exploring Engineering | 3 |
| ASTR 100 |
Understanding the Universe | 3 |
| ASTR 101 |
Introduction to Astronomy: The Solar System H | 3 |
| ASTR 102 |
Introduction to Astronomy: Stars, Galaxies & Cosmology H | 3 |
| ASTR 103 |
Alien Life in the Universe | 3 |
| ASTR 110 |
Astrophotography of the Multi-Wavelength Universe | 3 |
| BIOL 53 |
First-Year Seminar: Biotechnology: Genetically Modified Foods to the Sequence of the Human Genome | 3 |
| BIOL 59 |
First-Year Seminar: Unsolved Problems in the Genomic Age | 3 |
| BIOL 59 |
First-Year Seminar: Unsolved Problems in the Genomic Age | 3 |
| BIOL 66 |
First-year seminar: Evolution and the Science of Life | 3 |
| BIOL 75 |
First-Year Seminar: Biodiversity and Citizen Science H | 3 |
| BIOL 101 |
Principles of Biology H | 3 |
| BIOL 103 |
How Cells Function | 3 |
| BIOL 104 |
Biodiversity | 3 |
| BIOL 204 |
The Microbial World: Foundations in Structure, Metabolism, and Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 220 |
Molecular Genetics H | 3 |
| BIOL 252 |
Fundamentals of Human Anatomy and Physiology H | 3 |
| BIOL 255 |
The Evolution of Extraordinary Adaptations H | 4 |
| BIOL 271 |
Plant Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 274 |
Plant Diversity | 3 |
| BIOL 465 |
Global Biodiversity and Macroecology | 3 |
| BIOL 544L |
Laboratory in Diseases of the Cytoskeleton | 3 |
| CHEM 75 |
First-Year Seminar: Bread from Air? The Chemistry of Fertilizers | 3 |
| CHEM 101 |
General Descriptive Chemistry I H | 3 |
| CHEM 102 |
General Descriptive Chemistry II H | 3 |
| EMES 101 |
Planet Earth | 3 |
| EMES 103 |
The Marine Environment | 3 |
| EMES 105 |
Natural Disasters: Hollywood versus Reality | 4 |
| EMES 200 |
The Solid Earth | 3 |
| EMES 201 |
Earth's Surface: Processes, Landforms, and History | 3 |
| EMES 204 |
The Microbial World: Foundations in Structure, Metabolism, and Ecology | 3 |
| EMES 306 |
Earth Systems History | 3 |
| EMES 314 |
Earth Systems in a Changing World | 3 |
| EMES 324 |
Water in Our World: Introduction to Hydrologic Science and Environmental Problems | 3 |
| ENEC 202 |
Introduction to the Environmental Sciences | 4 |
| ENEC 203 |
Introduction to Environmental Science Problem Solving | 3 |
| ENEC 324 |
Water in Our World: Introduction to Hydrologic Science and Environmental Problems | 3 |
| ENEC 465 |
Global Biodiversity and Macroecology | 3 |
| ENVR 135 |
Environment-ECUIPP Lab: Connecting with communities through environmental research for Public Health | 3 |
| GEOG 50 |
First-Year Seminar: Mountain Environments H | 3 |
| GEOG 65 |
First-Year Seminar: Climate Change in the Media H | 3 |
| GEOG 68 |
First-Year Seminar: Freshwaters in the Anthropocene | 3 |
| GEOG 110 |
The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth's Environmental Systems H | 3 |
| GEOG 111 |
Weather and Climate | 3 |
| GEOG 141 |
Geography for Future Leaders | 3 |
| GEOG 212 |
Environmental Conservation and Global Change | 3 |
| GEOG 269 |
Human-Environment Interactions in the Galapagos Islands | 3 |
| GEOG 370 |
Introduction to Geographic Information | 3 |
| GEOG 392 |
Research Methods in Geography | 3 |
| GEOG 410 |
Modeling of Environmental Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 414 |
Climate Change | 3 |
| GEOG 416 |
Applied Climatology: The Impacts of Climate and Weather on Environmental and Social Systems | 3 |
| GEOG 567 |
Geospatial Data Analysis with Google Earth Engine | 3 |
| LING 101 |
Introduction to Language H | 3 |
| LING 200 |
Phonology | 3 |
| LING 520 |
Linguistic Phonetics | 3 |
| MUSC 51 |
First-Year Seminar: The Interplay of Music and Physics | 3 |
| NSCI 175 |
Introduction to Neuroscience H | 3 |
| NSCI 419 |
Behavioral Endocrinology | 3 |
| NSCI 568 |
Emotion | 3 |
| PHIL 351 |
Philosophy of Physics H | 3 |
| PHYS 51 |
First-Year Seminar: The Interplay of Music and Physics | 3 |
| PHYS 55 |
First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Mechatronics | 4 |
| PHYS 100 |
How Things Work | 4 |
| PHYS 101 |
Basic Concepts of Physics | 4 |
| PHYS 114 |
General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences | 4 |
| PHYS 115 |
General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences | 4 |
| PHYS 118 |
Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity H | 4 |
| PHYS 119 |
Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta H | 4 |
| PHYS 281L |
Experimental Techniques in Physics | 3 |
| PLAN 647 |
Coastal Management Policy | 3 |
| PLAN 656 |
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation | 3 |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
